Improvement in hosse hay-eakes



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Letters Patent No. 81,i6, dated September 1, '1868 IMPROVEMENT lIN HORSE HAY-RAKES.

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Beit known that I, BENJAMIN C. TAYLOR, of Dayton, in the county of Montgomery, in the State of (.)hio` have invented-certain new und useful Improvements in Horse-Bikes; and I do hereby declare that the following s a. full and exact description-thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and tothe letters oi'referenoe marked thereon. v

The nature of r'ny invention consistsin an.improved device, to serve es` a guide for the teeth in` horse-rakes, and a support for the springsrwhich rest upon the teeth.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, and operstcm.`

I The' figure represents a. side view of the device.

A und B represent sections of rails, which are attached to the frame of a horse-rake. bored i'n each Aof the rails, as shown by dotted linesat P, and into these h the spiral spring F around the same, whilst the bolts C C serve to hold together the several parts. The castiron pieces E E are identical in form, and thehmetol is thin, and eachlis semicirculr in form transversely nt the middle, and at the ends are cut away, as shown in the drawing. The tooth M, which is represented by dotted lines, occupies the lower spce. Thespring holds the tooth against the bar only when some obstruction causes the tooth to rise. Thus it will be seen the pieces'E E serve the several purposes, that of a support to the spring, a. guide for the tooth,'a.nd a. stoy to thel bars, the bolts drawingv the bars np {irmly against the ends of these pieces, and also prevent thespring''rom damage, by limiting the movement of the foot.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters `Patent, is

The pieces E E,.and. their arrangement with reference to'the bars .I L'and B, the spring F, and bolts C C, in the manner substantially as'described, and for the purposes specified.

I will proceed to describe its construction .Shallow holes are oies are placed the pieces E E, having BENJAMIN o. TAYLon.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. HAYs, B. PIGKERING. 

